Iraqi Kurdistan

Iraq starts deploying forces in Sinjar after Turkey’s threats against PKK

Mar 31, 2018 14:49

Iraq has started deploying forces in the country’s northwestern Sinjar region after Turkey threatened to enter the area to attack Kurdish militants.
Iraqi Kurdistan's airports reopen for intl. flights following PM's order

Mar 15, 2018 16:26

Airports in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq have been reopened to international air traffic.
Iraqi PM reopens Kurdistan airports to international flights

Mar 13, 2018 11:09

Iraq has ended a nearly six-month air blockade imposed on its Kurdistan after the semi-autonomous region held a controversial referendum on secession last September.
Iraqi security forces start offensive to purge areas near Kirkuk of Daesh terrorists

Mar 11, 2018 13:05

Iraqi security forces, supported by pro-government fighters from Popular Mobilization Units, have started an operation to clear remnants of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group from villages near the country’s oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk.
Iraq extends air blockade of Kurdistan by three more months: Officials

Feb 26, 2018 12:59

Iraq has once again extended by three months a ban on international flights to and from the Kurdish region, some five months after the region held a controversial vote, which opened up a persisting rift between the semi-autonomous region and the central government in Baghdad.
Dozens of Izadi bodies found in mass grave in Iraq’s Nineveh

Feb 03, 2018 13:03

Iraqi security forces have found a mass grave in the northern province of Nineveh, which contains the bodies of dozen members of the Izadi minority group believed to have been executed by Daesh Takfiri terrorists when they were in control of an area there.
Iraqi parliament votes to lift sanctions on Kurdistan-based banks

Jan 29, 2018 15:48

The Iraqi lawmakers have voted to end sanctions imposed on banks operating in the country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, some four months after the Central Bank of Iraq ordered private banks to halt their branches’ operations in Kurdistan following a highly controversial voting held in the region.
President Rouhani: Iran backs unified Iraq

Jan 21, 2018 10:11

President Hassan Rouhani says Iran invariably backs a “united and integrated” Iraq, warning against attempts by certain foreign powers to deal a blow to regional stability and security.
Iraqi Kurdistan oil exports must be under Baghdad control: PM Abadi

Jan 21, 2018 06:37

The Iraqi prime minister has called on the country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region to stop independent oil exports, saying the crude produced there must be placed under the central government’s control.
UN urges Baghdad, Erbil to resolve rift through dialog

Jan 06, 2018 09:42

The United Nations has called on the central Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to settle their differences thorough engaging in talks based on the country’s constitution.